From ancient Egyptian wallpaintings to contemporary Western canvases, this book is truly comprehensive in scope and beautiful to leaf through.

I wrote about The Blacker Gachet I by Mark Alexander, The Suez Canal by Albert Rieger, Untitled (Emergency Room) by Fiona Rae, King Gustav I Vasa of Sweden Addressing Men from Dalarna in Mora by Johan Gustaf Sandberg, View of the 'Grossglockner' mountain by Marcus Pernhart and Road to Zenica by Peter Howson.